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The stations are here enumerated in their usual order, hut
some of the steamers do not touch at them all. The direct distances
from Teroen are prefixed to them.
Herøen, 4V4 Engl. M. (7 Kil.) to the S. of Terøen, seep. 53.
About 1 M. hevond Heroen, on the mainland, is Uskedal. To the
N. lie the long islands of Skorpen and Snilsthveit, and on the right
are the sombre slopes of the Solfjeld.
11 Kil. (7 Engl. M.) Dem el sviken {Inn). To the E. towers the
Mal-mangernut (2880 ft.). We next reach the chåteau and park of
Rosendal, beautifully situated at the base of the Melderskin (see
below), and belonging to the P.arons Hoff-RosenkTone, who,
however, were obliged to resign their baronial dignity on the abolition
of all titles of nobility in 1821. In the vicinity is the church of
Ki’indherred. — A bridle-track leads through the Melsdal to the
Midtset ter and the Myrdalsvand, whence a steep, but tolerable path
ascends in 6 hrs. to the summit of the Melderskin (4680 ft.), which
commands an imposing survey of theFolgefond and the fjord down
to the sea. — An excursion through the narrow Hattebergsdal,
containing the Ringerifos, as far as the foot of the Folgefond is also
recommended. — On the opposite bank of the fjord, about 1(4 M.
(10 Kil.) from Rosendal, is Gjermundshavn, and 1 M. to the N.E.
of it is —
32 Kil (20 Engl. M.) Skjelnæs, at the S. end of the large, but
uninteresting Varalds0. The strait on the E. side of the island is
called the Sildefjord, beyond which, on the mainland, lies the
church of Æu(r,«_(unpretending quarters), at the foot of the
Gygra-stol (3110 ft.).
The Maurangerfjord, about 8 Engl. M. in length, may be visited from
Skjelnæs or Ænæs by boat (4-6 kr.). On the right we observe the fine
waterfall of Fzireberg. From Bondhus (tolerahle quarters), near the head
of the fjord (a row of 2’A hrs. from Skjelnæs), we walk in 2 hrs. to the
’Bondhusbrae (guide necessary), a magnificent glacier which descends from
the Folgefond, between the Selsmtt and the Bonddalsnut. It is reached by
crossing a moraine ( Yor, Jøkul-Vor), rowing over the small Bondhusvand
with a number of waterfalls descending from its precipitous banks, and
ascending across a second moraine. The foot of the glacier is 1050 ft.
above the fjord. Refreshments at the sæter here (up to the middle of July).
Guide (one of the rowers) or horse 1 kr. 60 0.
From fire on the Fiord-Pollen, the X. arm of the Maurangerfjord, we
may visit the Sjerdals-Fos (there and back 5 hrs., guide 3 kr.). Instead
of returning we may go on from the Sjørdals-Fos over the mountains to
(8-10 hrs ) Jondal (p. 57).
From the Maurangerfjord across the Folgefond to Odde (10-11 hrs.
in all). From Bondhus we row to (2 Engl. M.) Gjerde, where
accommodation, horses, and guides (12-16 kr.) are to be had. The ascent to the top
of the pass is extremely steep, but the expedition presents no serious
difficulty or danger in suitable weather. After a fresh fall of snow pnysne’),
however, it is impracticable. The summit of the pass, where the route
skirts the Bundsetr (p. 55), is about 5000 ft. high, beyond which there is
a steep descent to Tokheim near Odde (p. 65). — Another route, frequently
traversed of late, ascends from Bondhus by the Bondhusbræ and descends
from the Folgefond to Odde along the Buarbræ (p. 66), but is more
fatiguing. (Comp. Forbes’s ‘Xorway’, Edin. 1853-, pp. 130, et seq.)
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